Information about the package, compat-openldap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-openldap package is designed for, OpenLDAP compatibility shared libraries.
Package Name:
compat-openldap
Summary:
OpenLDAP compatibility shared libraries
Description:
OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. The compat-openldap package includes older versions of the OpenLDAP shared libraries which may be required by some applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3.43
Release:
2.el6
Size:
159 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
OpenLDAP
Control the compat-openldap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-openldap
This command will install compat-openldap on the server.
yum remove compat-openldap
This command will un-install compat-openldap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-openldap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-openldap
This command will un-install compat-openldap on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-openldap when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-openldap
This command will update compat-openldap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-openldap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-openldap
This command will update compat-openldap to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-openldap when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-openldap
This command will show you core information about the compat-openldap package.
yum deplist compat-openldap
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-openldap. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update compat-openldap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-openldap. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.